Big spender: U.S. Chamber of Commerce reports spending $29.2 million on lobbying (which includes a wide range of political activities) in the third quarter of 2010.

Financial planning: You might not want to take advice from Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass. Politico reports that Frank loaned his campaign $200,000 from his personal funds. Frank’s campaign committee has given $300,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, according to Open Secrets. Maybe he needs to schedule a fundraiser…

Deepwater client: Mega bundler Ben Barnes (profiled here) lobbies for law firm of Courtney Kemp, a Deepwater Horizon widow, on the Death on the High Seas Act and the Jones Act.